Figure
Mould-made burnished clay figure. This female figure wears a helmet and ear ornaments in the form of a serpent. Below a tunic is an exposed vulva. These pieces are normally found within burial contexts to accompany the dead.
Accession register: “From tombs near Callao. Brought from Peru by Captain D’Arcy in 1881.”
Accession register: “From tombs near Callao. Brought from Peru by Captain D’Arcy in 1881.”
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 49/1916/24
- Collection Class
- Religion and magic
- Collection Area Region
- South America
- Material
- blackware pottery | | | |
- Common Name
- figure
- Simple Name
- figure
- Production Town
- Production Country
- Peru
- Production Person Initials
- Production Person Surname
- Production Year Low
- 850AD
- Production Year High
- 1470AD
